Definitions for breather
ˈbri ðərbreather

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing timenoun

   a short respite

2. snorkel, schnorkel, schnorchel, snorkel breather, breathernoun

   air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breathernoun

   Something or someone that breathes.

2. breathernoun

   A short break; a rest or respite.

   After a short breather she was ready to continue up the hill.

3. breathernoun

   A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Breathernoun

   Etymology: from breathe.

   1. One that breathes, or lives.

   She shows a body rather than a life,
   A statue than a breather. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.

   I will chide no breather in the world but myself. William Shakespeare.

   2. One that utters any thing.

   No particular scandal once can touch,
   But it confounds the breather. William Shakespeare, Meas. for Measure.

   3. Inspirer; one that animates or infuses by inspiration.

   The breather of all life does now expire:
   His milder father summons him away. John Norris.

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1. Breather

   In physics, a breather is a nonlinear wave in which energy concentrates in a localized and oscillatory fashion. This contradicts with the expectations derived from the corresponding linear system for infinitesimal amplitudes, which tends towards an even distribution of initially localized energy. A discrete breather is a breather solution on a nonlinear lattice. The term breather originates from the characteristic that most breathers are localized in space and oscillate (breathe) in time. But also the opposite situation: oscillations in space and localized in time, is denoted as a breather.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Breathernoun

   one who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires

2. Breathernoun

   that which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise

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1. Breather

   In physics, a breather is a nonlinear wave in which energy concentrates in a localized and oscillatory fashion. This contradicts with the expectations derived from the corresponding linear system for infinitesimal amplitudes, which tends towards an even distribution of initially localized energy. A discrete breather is a breather solution on a nonlinear lattice. The term breather originates from the characteristic that most breathers are localized in space and oscillate in time. But also the opposite situation: oscillations in space and localized in time, is denoted as a breather.

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1. Breather

   Breather is always looking to meet ambitious, hard-working people to help fulfill our vision of democratizing city space, whether engineers, designers, operational people, or anyone else.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breather

   A tropical squall.

How to pronounce breather?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of breather in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of breather in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of breather in a Sentence

1. Leo Grohowski:

   Not only has the market returned handsomely, but risk has also taken a breather.

2. Peter Cardillo:

   basically following European markets lower, This type of action continues to suggest the market is consolidating and taking somewhat of a breather before heading higher towards year-end.

3. Andre Bakhos:

   I don't think it's anything more than an early morning breather after a nice surge in equities.

4. Mike Bailey:

   It seems like, from a technicals perspective, it's time for a little bit of a breather, and ... we're seeing some data points that support that.

5. Markus Huber:

   Overall sentiment remains positive, however trading action is clearly pointing towards a slowdown in momentum, in light of stocks being overbought in the short term, markets taking a breather and entering a consolidation pattern would certainly be in order and actually by many considered as healthy and necessary. In order for traders to up their risk exposure further, more good news besides China will be needed.

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